Filth (film)

Filth
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jon S. Baird
Screenplay by	Jon S. Baird
Based on	Filth by Irvine Welsh
Produced by	Ken Marshall Jon S. Baird Trudie Styler Jens Meurer Christian Angermayer Celine Rattray Mark Amin Stephen Mao Steven Istock Will Clarke James McAvoy
Starring	James McAvoy Jamie Bell Joanne Froggatt Imogen Poots Eddie Marsan Jim Broadbent
Cinematography	Matthew Jensen
Edited by	Mark Eckersley
Music by	Clint Mansell
Production companies	Maven Pictures[1] Logie Pictures[1] Steel Mill Pictures Creative Scotland[1] Film i Väst Studio Mao Altitude Film Entertainment[2]
Distributed by	Lionsgate (United Kingdom) Ascot Elite (Germany)[2] Noble Entertainment (Sweden)[3]
Release dates	16 September 2013 (2013-09-16) (Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival) 27 September 2013 (2013-09-27) (Scotland)
Running time	97 minutes[4]
Countries	Belgium[1] United Kingdom[1] Germany[1] Sweden[1]
Language	English
Box office	$9.1 million[5]

Filth is a 2013 psychological black comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Jon S. Baird, based on Irvine Welsh's 1998 novel Filth. The film was released on 27 September 2013 in Scotland, 4 October 2013 elsewhere in the United Kingdom and in Ireland, and on 30 May 2014 in the United States.^[6] It stars James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, and Jim Broadbent.

Filth also marks the final film appearance of David Soul, in a cameo role.

The film is set in Edinburgh. In the film, a misanthropic Detective Sergeant is investigating a murder case, while his mental health problems following the end of his marriage. He is suffering from borderline personality disorder, feelings of guilt over the death of his brother, a newfound need to cross-dress as his wife, and (eventually) suicidal ideation.